Proper name, but esther is incorrectly spelled and should be written as "Esther or Esther (is proper name)." being its meaning: It is a woman's name. Variant Ester . It means the star, the one that shines. It is of Biblical origin. Book of the Holy Bible in the Old Testament. The name is believed to come from Ishtar, goddess of love and fertility in Babylon. In chemistry it is the name of fats, which are an organic compound in which a hydrogen has been replaced by an alcoholic acid radical.